It's a story about injured Bills tight end Kevin Everett, but the VIDEO is for a completely different story. You just have to watch it to believe it. I don't want to give anything away. So go watch it right now. I'll wait....

Talk about the worst possible video to mess up. It wasn't like it was a video of some guy giving away free balloons to under privileged kids. Nope. It was a video of a guy KICKING A COP. The icing on the cake is how it matched perfectly with what the reporter was saying.

"Great news regarding Bills tight end Kevin Everett. He moved his arms and legs today..."

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Yeah, he sure did move those legs. In fact, right after regaining mobility in his legs he KICKED A COP!

Wow. Someone sure has egg on their face over that one. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in that meeting.

Disclaimer:
I don't find the Kevin Everett injury funny in the least. That was a horrific injury and I'm very happy that he is doing as well as he is. I also don't find kicking a cop (or anyone for that matter) funny. But common, that video is FUNNY!

The Lions offense is only 12th statistically, in total yards this season.
The defense is 28th in total yards given up this year.
We just don't look that good on paper, except for the win - loss stat.
We are playing a better team game with many takeaways and opportunities being capitalized on.
Rogers has to get rid of his rep as a slacker to become listed on all pro teams.

[SARCASM]Classy move[/SARCASM] by the Vikings organization. They've docked the pay of WR Troy Williamson for missing last Sunday's game because he was attending his grandmother's funeral.

The team apparently apprised Williamson on Wednesday that he would not receive a paycheck for the game that he missed. "I don't care if they would have [taken] my pay for the rest of the year, I was going home," Williamson told the St. Paul Pioneer Press. "It wouldn't have mattered to me."

Betcha the HR person who made this decision and his boss will not lose any pay if they took a day off for bereavement. The Pistons let Rip slide on two games to see and assist with his son's birth and the Jazz gave D Fisher time off to see about his ill daughter during the playoffs... what this means is that a professional team will allow you time off with pay look after the living, but not the dearly departed??
Or is this an NFL thing because of limited number of games??? Or is it a Vikings thing??

The Vikings aren't going anywhere this season anyway. It's not like he missed the Super Bowl. He missed a meaningless game for a meaningless team.

But even if it was the Super Bowl, when someone in your family dies, that takes precedence over a GAME.

I just don't see why the Vikings would do this. Is the money saved really worth risking alienating your players over? Not exactly a "Welcome" sign for potential FAs.

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Call it a game, call it a job - any way you look at it, it's truly gutless to refuse pay for these kind of extenuating circumstances. For a wealthy athlete it's not hurting him much financially, but it's a big slap in the face. I hope we hear that the Player's Association is planning to challenge this. That's what they are there for. In any other job field, your union would not stand for something like this, I suspect.

Call it a game, call it a job - any way you look at it, it's truly gutless to refuse pay for these kind of extenuating circumstances. For a wealthy athlete it's not hurting him much financially, but it's a big slap in the face. I hope we hear that the Player's Association is planning to challenge this. That's what they are there for. In any other job field, your union would not stand for something like this, I suspect.

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I agree, it isn't about the money at all. Unlike our friend Spreewell, I don't think that Williamson or any of his family members will go hungry because of the loss of income. It's also not like the Vikings would go bankrupt without the extra $25,000. Like you said, it's a slap in the face. It shows an absolute lack of class and respect.

I believe I read somewhere that the union will be filing a grievance - as well they should.